How does ebola affect the body?

But what Ebola does to the human body at a molecular level is far more disturbing. The virus is a gruesome and meticulous killer – a microscopic Patrick Bateman. It attacks nearly every organ and tissue in the body, sparing bone and skeletal muscle, according to the Oxford Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. read more

Ebola triggers a system-wide inflammation and fever and can also damage many types of tissues in the body, either by prompting immune cells such as macrophages to release inflammatory molecules or by direct damage: invading the cells and consuming them from within. read more

Learn more about the Ebola virus, the symptoms of the Ebola virus infection and how the Ebola virus affects the human body. read more